Salt water reel



C. T. PFLUEGER ET AL Aug. 23, 1932. SALT WATER REEL Re. 13,580

' 2 Sheets-Sheet l Original iled July 30, 1927 INVENTOR, A Chor/es TP//ue7er- ATTORNEYS.

C. T. PFLUEGER ET AL SALT WATERREEL Re. 18,580

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Aug. 23, 1932.

Original Filed July 30, 192'? INVENTORS. Ch our/e5 T. Pfluefer fo/#er LHdOmS A TTORNEYS..

Ressued Aug. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES 'I'. PFLUEGER AND,WALTEB ADAMS, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF SALT WATER REEL Original No. 1,832,421, dated November V17, 1931, Serial No. 209,493,11ed July 30, 1927. Application for reissue led January 18, 1932.- ISerial No. 587,422.

This invention relates to fishing reels and particularly to that type of reel which is adapted for salt water fishing, having the several features which adaptthe reel for this type of fishing together with additional features and combinations as will be set out more fully herein.

The objects of the invention are to improve upon reels of this type by the provision of adjustable brake mechanism un-` der the control of the fisherman at all times.'

together with adjustable drag. mechanism and free spool devices, so that the reel may be used with greater facility and efficiency in the catching of large salt water fish. It is also an object of the invention to construct a new form of brake mechanism by which a more powerful braking action than obtainable in prior reel structures may be applied to the spool and to combine this with a click mechanism of an improved type.

Other objects of the invention are to improve upon details of the drag mechanism, and the construction of the end plates of the reel.

compact, easily operated reel which is parsea fishing.

and pressures which are encountered in deep The drawings show the preferred form of the invention in detail, it being understood that the features of the 'invention may be employed in other specific reel c0nstruc tions without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings Figure 1 is longitudinal section through the complete reel structure;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2- of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a side elevation looking at the front plate of the reel;

l Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of A Figure 1;

Other objects are to construct a Figure 7 is an enlarged section on the line 7 7 of Figure 3.

The reel comprises two end plates, a front i plat 1 and a ba ck plate 2, connected by pillars 3 and a foot plate 4 which is usually formed as a single casting witha reel seat 5 by which the reel is attached to the rod, the foot plate being a heavier construction than the pillars. The plates and connected parts form the reel housing.

The front plate l is of somewhat heavier construction than the back plate as it forms a housing for the gears and spool driving mechanism. Eachof the plates comprises a composition or hard rubber face 6 having a, recessed metal backing plate 7 on its inner surface. This metal plate is stamped out of comparatively heavy sheet metal, the edges of the plates being'faced with a. lighter metal ring 8 angular in cross section and fitting over the edge of the plate 7 and around the edo'es of the rubber backing plate. The reason or constructing the end. plates `in the manner described is to obtain asharp edge which will closely fit the spool flanges 10, thus preventing catching ofthe line between the edges of the spool fianges and the adjacent rlm of the metal plate. It is impracticable to stamp heavy metal such as should' be employed in the backing plates with sharp corners to make a close fit with the spool flanges. By the employment of the light metal rings on the edges of the back plate, a close fit may be secured as the metal can be cut accurately to fit the spool fianges. These rings are held in place by extensions of the pillars and foot plate which enter recesses 1n the ringjfianges.

The spool is designated by the numeral 12,

being made in two sections 13 fitted over thev spool shaft Y.o1-spindle 16. The outer ends spun or pressed about the inner edges of the spool flange, as shown at 18. It is. usual, in forming spools, to apply the spool flanges to the outside of the spool and spin the metal over the outer surfaces of the spool fianges. This construction, however, affords a very weak support for the spool flanges and with the excessively severe strains imposed upon the s ool flange in the reeling-in of large\ fish, the spun-over flanges of the prior construction will often give way. -By the formation ofthe heavy outer flanges 17,- however,

.the spool flanges are adequately reinforced and acked up against the strain exertedv upon them. y In order to assemble lthe spool and `spool flanges, it isv necessary tordivide the main body of the spool in the two sections as has been described.l The spool sections are assembled by passing them over the shaft 16 and by providing the inner end of each spool section with a screw-threaded recess 20, which engages a screw-threaded sleeve or nipple 21 at the center of the spool. When the spool sections have been assembled in the manner described, the sections are fastened to the shaft by means of riveted transverse pins 22 and 23, one of which may be in tubular form so as to provide anchorage for the end of the line. When the spool sections are brought together, a very close fit is provided so that the line of separation is practically invisible. In order to obtain this result, theV inner ends of the spool sections may be concaved or counter-sunk, as indicated at 24, so that an edge contact is assured. The degree of countersinking is'very slight, the showing inthe drawing'being exaggerated for the purpose of making it clear.

' The shaft 16 is-mounted in abushing 30 in the back plate, which is surmounted by av screw-threaded thrust bearing 3l surrounded by tension cup 32. On the front plate, the shaft is mounted in a'bushin'g 33 surmounted by a thrust bearing 34. Between the head of the thrust bearing and the front plate is located the rotatable oiling ring 35 which is provided withl an oil hole 36, adapted to be brought into register with a similar hole 37 in the thrust bearing, through which oil may be admitted to the thrust bearing and adjacent parts.

The bushing 33 is provided with an annular recess 39 and with an inwardly extending flange 40 which extends to the inner surface of the backing plate, being secured in position by means ofthe flange 42. Rotatable upon the end of the shaft 16 is a spool driving pinion which is seated in the recess in the bushing, being confined therein by the flange 40 and by the mechanism to be later described. The pinion Vis driven by an intermeshin'g driving 'gear 46 mounted at one side of the reel housing, the flange of the bushing being cut away to permit such engagement of the gear and pinion. The pinion 45 is in non-rotative, but sliding engagement with a shiftable clutch 48, preferably by mounting the latter upon an integral squared shank 5 0 formed as an extension of u the pinion.

The clutch element 48 is formed with a plurality, preferably two, of integral pins 51, one side of each pin being beveled, these pins being cut from the metal of the clutch member and thereby affording greater strength and more compactness than wouldA be afforded by riveting pins in place on the :lutch or spool. The end of the spool adjacent the clutch is vprovided with a recess 52 in which is seated a disk 53 having a plurality of holes therein in which the pins v51 are adapted to `Y`engage when the clutch is moved toward the spool. The disk 53 is held in place by spinning the metal of the spool over the disk, as indicated at 55, and by dowels or pins.

The clutch is moved toward and from the spool to make or break driving connection between the spool and pinion by mea-ns of a lever 58, having forked ends 59 which engage a groove 60 formed in the clutch member. The lever 58 is provided with parallel lugs or ears 62 which are received between the lugs 63 stamped upwardly from the Inetal of the plate 7, a pivot 64 being passed through the lugs upon which the lever may be rocked. A coil# spring 65 is wrapped about the pivot, one end bearing against the under side of the lever and the other end against the front plate so that the tendency of the spring is to move the clutch into engagement with the spool. The end of the lever remote from the clutch is formed with a downwardly turned hook-shaped Iformation 66 which is held by the spring in contact with a rotary cam button 68 having a transverse groove 69 and flat lands or elevated surfaces 70. This construction of the cam button assures la positive holding of the levert in its extreme positions of adjustment and the flat surfaces and the groove will retain the lever in a position of rest at eithery limit of movement ofthe Vcam button, and when the cam button is moved to bring the clutch into engagement with the spool, the inclined walls of the groove will cause the button to snap into position under the force of the coil spring. vThe Cam button stem 72 extends through the front plate and is squared at its. outer extremity where it is held within a operating arm 5 extends from the plate 73 and overhangs the edge of the front plate in -convenient position for manipulation by the fisherman. It will be noted that when the reel is taken apart, the pinion 45 and the` clutch 48 Acannot be lost, being confined late 73 by a screw 74. An v` within the flange on the bushing 33'by the I clutch operating lever.

The spool is driven through. the gear 46 which has previously been referred to. The central or body portion of the` gear is formed as a disk 80 rotatable upon the main driving shaft 81 which is journaled upon a post 82 and lheld thereon by a pin 85 and is passed through the center of cured in position by'attachment to a bridge piece 84 fastened to the inner face of the front-plate, but slightly elevated therefrom.

Adjustable frictional driving force is transmitted to the gear 46 by means of friction ruu disks 8G at either side 'of the disk 80, one of these disks being supported b a flange 87 formed as a part of the sha t 81 and the other by a sliding disk 88 non-rotatively connected to the shaft l81 by a set screw 89 received in a slot in the disk. Pressure is exerted upon the. driving members for the gear 46 by an adjustable star wheel 90 having screwthreaded engagement with the outer end of the shaft 81. A roller bearing cage 92 is interposed between the star wheel`andthe outer disk 88, being telescoped with the star wheel by means of an inwardly projecting flange 91 on the star wheel. This cage is inseparably connected together, as'shown inV Figure 1, so

that when the reel is taken apart for cleaning and oiling the roller bearing will remain intact. Whenthe drag mechanism operates upon the unreelin g of the line, the clutch being engaged, the shaft 81 is held from rotation in reverse directionvby av ratchet 93 secured to the shaft and engaged by a pawl or pawls 983A on the bridge plate 84. Near the outer end of the shaft 81 is provided a squared portion 94 over which is received the hub 95 of an operating crank-handle 9 6. The hub is formed as a separate bushing, having a perf manent, non-rotative connection with the crank. The outer end of the shaft is reduced and` screw-threaded and in a recess in the crank handle is seated a cap nut' 98 which holds the crank handle in place upon the shaft. It will be observed that the hub of the crank handle is recessed to receive the cap. nut so that its rounded outer surfaceI is substantially flush with the surface of the crank. By this arrangement, no possibility of injury to the fisherman can arise due to striking a large or sharp projection at the hub of the nut 98 handle. In order to secure the crank in position and prevent it from working loose, the outer surface thereof is provided .with ratchet teeth vwhich are engaged by a pivoted dog 99 projecting through an opening in the crank and held in position by a set screw 100 on the handle crank.

In addition to the adjustable drag which maybe exertedv upon the spool through the driving mechanism which has been described,

the reel also provides for a more powerful y braking, action exerted through mechanism mounted on the back plate.

To the end of thespool adjacent the back plate is fastened a brake drum 105, the inner surface or wall of the drum providing the braking surface for the spool. The outer surface of the brake drum is formed with a plurality of rounded teeth 106, with which are adapted to be engaged by lthe vadjustable click pawl 108 mounted in a radial s1ot109 on lthe back plate by means of a pin and but-ton 110. The 4pawl is yieldingly held in proper radial position by means of two oppositely positioned wire click springs 112 which lie against the back plate, being heldin position by clips '113. The ends of the wires bearing against the pawl are bent upwardly, as shown at 114, while the other ends are bent downwardly and received in holes 115 on the back plate. v

The braking. action is secured by means of two arc-shaped brake shoes 118 which are .pivoted to the back plate at 119. The brake shoes are each made of a single piece of bakelite or similar material. The free ends of the brake shoes are forced together by means of a coil spring 120 which keepsl the shoes out of contact with the iange of the brake drum. The ends of the shoes bear against a fiat button 122 formed on a rounded hub 123 rotatably mounted in the back plate. The outer end of the button is squared and to this squared end is secured an operating lever 124 which extends over the outer edge of the bac-k plate, being guided in an arcshaped plate 125 secured to the back plate. By moving the lever 124 the shoes are expanded to bear against the inner surface of the brake drum and a very powerful braking actionfis obtained. The lever 124 is formed at its outer end with a reversely bent end or tail piece as shown in Figure 3, which projects within the outer circumference of the end plate 2 and is guided thereby. llVithinv the curved portionY of the lever is secured a iller piece 128 which affords a finger rest in the operation of the brake lever. This, in combination with the adjustable drag on the crank handle or' separable therefrom, gives a very wide range of manipulation to the spool and renders it more eilicient than previous reel constructions of this type. The inner or pivoted ends of the shoes' are in rolling contact with one another throughout the entire movement so that they mutually support one another and relieve the strainupon the rivets.

The operation and advantages of the'reel `structure which have been shown and described will be readily noted by those familiar withthis art. Changes and modifications may be made in details of thel construction without departure from the invention as set forth in 'the claims.

ing for moving the brake shoes toward 'the drum. A l

f 2. In a fishing reel, a reelend plate, a spool in the reel, means for driving the spool, a l brake drum having a Bange thereon attached to the spool, a pair of pivoted arc-shaped brake shoes mounted on the end plate and lying within the Bange, and means for rocking the shoes about their pivots comprising a lever on the back plate and a rotatable button located B' center of the spool between the free ends .of the brake shoes and connected to the lever. y l

3. In afishing reel, a reel end"A plate, a spool in the reel, a brake drum havlng a flange thereon attached to the spool, braking means mounted on the end plate and operable against the inner surface of the flange, vthe outer surface of the Bange being formed with teeth, and a click pawl engageable with the teeth. y

4. In a fishing reel, a4 reel end plate, a spool in the reel, a brake drum having a Bange thereon attached to the spool, braking means mounted on the end plate and operable against the inner surface of the Bange, means actuated from the exterior of the reel for controlling the action of the braking means, the outer. surface ofthe Bange being formed withv teetl, anda click pawl engageable with the teet 5. .In a fishing reel the combination of a spool, adjustable brake mechanismjor the spool, the forceA of which is controlled exte-v riorly of the reeland an adjustable click mechanism comprising al ratchet integral with a brake drum.

6. VIn-a Bshing reel, a driving gear therefor, a. shaft supporting said gear, an integral crank keyed upon the shaft, a nut to secure the crank in position upon the shaft, the crank being recessed to receive the nut so that its outer surface is substantially Bush withthe crank, and releasable means for the nut to the shaft.

7 In a Bshjn reel, a driving gear therefor, a shaft for sain? gear, an integral crank arm locking a shaft projecting therefrom, a bushing lo-` cated in a recess in the front plate, the shaft being received `in the bushing, and a Bange formed on the bushing and secured to the backing plate exteriorly of said recess.

10. In a fishing reel, a front plate comprising a composition body and a metal bac ing plate on the inner face thereof, a spool hav- Y ing a shaft projectin therefrom, a bushing seated in a recess'in t e front plate,-a pinion upon the shaft, a rim upon the bushing extending substantially around, the pinion, and

a Bange upon the rim secured to the backing p plate.

11. In a fishing reel, a s ool, an end plate comprising a composition ace member and a metal member closely backing and supporting saidr face member, the backing `member being recessed only where necessary for the accommodation Uf the spool operating mechanism, and a separate thin Banged facing ring attached to the end plate, the thin inner edge V keyed directly upon the shaft, a nut to secure the crank arm in position upon the shaft, the crank being recessed to receiverthe nut so that its outer surfaceis substantially Bush with the crank, and means to secure the nut comprising a pawl on the crank and teeth upon the nut with which the pawl is engaged.

a shaft supporting said Year, an integral 8. In a fishing reel,.a driving gear therefor,

crank keyed upon the sha t, a nut to secure the crank in position on the shaft, the periphery of the nut being provided with teeth, and a pawl located on the under side of the crank f and projecting through the body of the crank to engage the teeth. 9. In a fishing reel, a front plate comprising a composition body and a metal backing plate on the inner face thereof, a spool having 

